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    bilge pumps

    Hi guys . I am putting a new floor in a 1984 smokercraft 14 ft aluminum fishing boat. i removed the old bilge pump and submergible switch and livewell pump. would like to keep the live well but was woundering is there a better way to hook a pump up that wouls fill the well and aerated as well i...
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    older jonny

    i have an older johnson 40 hp modle rds 28b serial # c483-660 looking for year and any othr spec's on this motor thanks guy's keep up the good work
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    cloeth line stearing

    Any one have a diagram or tip on how to reinstall cloesline stearing cable as mine has come undune . and i can't remember if the frount part of the drum goes clock wise or counter clockwise any help would be great thanks in advance.
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    w.o.t truble.

    Hi guy's I have been having some truble with my 64 40hp. She starts fine and idles good at low speed, but when i put the throttle up it run's fine for a minut or 2 and then seems to and does die. I then have to wait a few min. for it to start again. One thing i did notice is that there is a lot...
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    can you and how too

    Hi Guy's Was woundering if you can hookup a tac to an older 40 hp rds26s And if so some info would be good Thank's
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    1964 40hp thank's all

    Well finally. After all the good word's and tip's from this forum, i have the old girl running mint. I would like to say hat's off to FR and Tash for all your patiance in trying to understand the probleams that i had I can say with no doubt that this motor runs as good as it was ment to...
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    exhust housing hair line crack 40hp 64

    Hi guys I have a 1964 40 hp Got it all runnig good Have a hair line crack at Exhaust housing (where housing meets power head) What is the worst thing that will happen? And how hard of a fix is this? Or ha ha can i keep using the motor as is as i don't know how long it has been leaking, Thank's
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    1964 40 hp fuel pump

    Hi guy's. I have a 1964 40 hp johnson RDS26S I am looking for a fuel pump. My parts cat shows OMC.0388685 Nearest new replacment pump i can find is Seirra 18-7352. Supplier can not be sure as his numbers do not include OMC,0388685 as his year's only go back to 1976. If i buy pump from him it is...
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    how to get right control cables

    Hi guy's Do not know if i should post question here. I'am changing control cables and would like to know how to messure for new ones.:confused:
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    1964 40 fule pump

    Hi guy's Well i was changing fule line from pump to carb, as i was disconnecting that goofy clamp at the pump side the nipple on the pump snaped,was woundering if i could repair it with some plastic cement or if any one has an idea out side of getting a new one i know it will have to be some...
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    1964 40 hp

    Hi guy's Would like to know the right oil gas mix for a 1964 40 hp sea hores Modle RDS-26S Serial C-397061 I have been using 50:1 should i reduse with the synthatic oil's avalible,or just keep it like this or has it been wrong as i have noticed in a post about a 35 hp that 1964 was 2 diff...
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    high tension leads

    Hi guy's back again, 1 quik question,i am changing the lead wires from coils to plugs and i have 2 old ones left over from a set i had from my pick up the are new never used could i replace with these? They are prestolit 7mm Thank's
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    heat exchanger parts 64 40hp

    Hi guy's well i was checking out some of the post's about rough engine running,and i thought that i would see how good of shape my heat exchanger was in lot's of carbon build up inside , after getting it apart and cleaning it out i have a few quistions for the expert's i know i will be getting...
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    1964 40 hp impellar.

    Hi guy's I am just getting ready to put the new impellar back on lower unit, And i noticed in the service manual that there isan o=ring at the top of the water pump cover along with a seal. When i took the lower unit off there was no o-ring there,could it be that the guy befre me did not...
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    test for coil's

    Hi guy's any one know if there is a way to bench test a coil and if so could you, tell me how i have an ohm meter, but no idea how to use it. The coils that i am testing are on a 1964 40 hp sea horse
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    1964 40 hp compresion test.

    hi guy's Well i have just started to work on my old 64 RDS-26S 40 hp and with all the good info off of this forum,i did do a compresion test on upper and lower cyl in fack i did it twice. The reading i got was 90lb in both cyl. Not sure what it should be but most folks on this site say as long...
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    1964 40hp carb kit?

    Hi guy's Just have one simple question. I have a 40 hp Johnson model rds-26s and serial#c397061. I,am getting ready to do some work on the motor and i have gone to the Johnson link from this web site. Well i found a good deal of replacement part's are avalible. The only thing i can't find is a...
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    Were can i get parts for older seahores?

    Hi guy's I have an older 64 johnson 40 hp manual shift seahores Been having trouble with it latley , and with all the post from this site i have been reading i have been getting good ideas as to were to start fixing some of the propleam's coils .plugs and carb seams to be an on going battle...
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    addjusting control cables on 64 johnson 40 hp

    Hi guy,s I have a qustion about control cables on a 64 40 hp johnson sea horse manual shift. Have recntly installed both the throttle and forward and rev cables they both were working great up till this afternoon. Now i don't get full throtall when i push the cable far forward,but every time i...
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    need some a's to some q's on a 40 hp 64 seahores

    Hi guy's HOW are you ? Well i have a 40hp johnson modle rds-26s serial # c397061 I was woundering if and how i could replace the old close line steering systeam with a rack or tube systeam or would the cost be worth the bother? Mybe a used steering systeam if any one has a line on one. The...
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